Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 6 pages
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
This lovely book is a catalog of blue-and-white Chinese porcelain from the collection of Sir Henry Thompson (1820–1904). Thompson collaborated on the illustrations with James McNeill Whistler, one of the most prominent artists of the Aesthetic Movement, which advocated "art for art's sake." Several letters from Whistler are bound into the volume. For the binding, Charles Meunier incorporated porcelain plaques into his design of prunus blossoms and featured Whistler's famous abstract butterfly signature.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
88137
label
A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain Forming the Collection of Sir Henry Thompson
core
obj
dtoType
book
citationUrl
pageCount
6
Source metadata
id
88137
sourceUrl
contentType
book
stage
normalized
title
A Catalogue of Blue and White Nankin Porcelain Forming the Collection of Sir Henry Thompson
description
This lovely book is a catalog of blue-and-white Chinese porcelain from the collection of Sir Henry Thompson (1820–1904). Thompson collaborated on the illustrations with James McNeill Whistler, one of the most prominent artists of the Aesthetic Movement, which advocated "art for art's sake." Several letters from Whistler are bound into the volume. For the binding, Charles Meunier incorporated porcelain plaques into his design of prunus blossoms and featured Whistler's famous abstract butterfly signature.
provenance
Owned by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1878
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
books
rare books
imageCount
6
pageCount
6
source
import
hasTranscription
no
Source extras
dimensions
units
cm
width
26
height
20.5
med
ink on paper bound between boards covered with calfskin, goatskin, porcelain, silver, gold, and patterned silk
cul
creator_ids
2099
20957
34313
collection_ids
MSS
exhibition_ids
3254
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 1/4 × W: 8 1/16 in. (26.04 × 20.48 cm)
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
9f7ca2d0b9e01def
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
46dd85982a71c8fc
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
3
type
photo
mediaId
df5efcf80d834d90
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
4
type
photo
mediaId
70ea193cfb31bf0e
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
5
type
photo
mediaId
5d28864cce9da9cf
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
6
type
photo
mediaId
2f94b609b436c222
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no